Largest Virginia bootleg whisky plant unearthed in raid
Revenue agents Eckstein and Dow led a raid in Alexandria county Virginia where four suspects were arrested after a pistol battle. They seized 1 500 gallons of corn whisky 6 000 gallons of corn mash a 6 000 gallon steam still and two 50 gallon stills. The plant at the Orrison and Wilmer properties was described as the largest yet found in Virginia. Arrested were Mrs Daisy Wilmer 32 Samuel Irby 80 Charles Orrison 83 and Mary Orrison 29 all released on 1 500 bonds.
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Eckstein
Dowtick
Alexandria County
Daisy Wilmer
Samuel Irby
Franconia
Charlies
Orrison
Mary
Revenue
Wilmer
Revenue Men
Wese
Tavenne
Virginia
TOM BURKE GIVES RECITAL AT NATIONAL THEATER
Tom Burke, Irish tenor candidate for McCormack honors, sang at the National theater yesterday afternoon with voice described as sweet but hindered by poor stage judgment and inaudible pianissimo in rear rows. The program spanned Purcell to Hughes, including O'Hara's Little Bacch and Hughes Next Market Day, praised for humor and brogue. T. Arthur Smith, Inc. announced a six star series next season featuring Cortet Kochanski Mme Alvarez and more.
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Tom Burke
McCormack
National Theater
Oa Rey
Burke
Purcell
Handel
Singing
Wagner
Strauss
Griffes
Lig
Bridge
O'Hara
Gerrart-Williams
Grieg
Debussy
Hue
St. Leger
Ferrier
Ravel
Hughes
Bateese
T. Arthur Smith, Inc
Alfred Cortet
Paul Kochanski
Mme. Alvarez
Emilio de Gogorze
Cancuvinals Orchestra
140 JOIN NEW VOITURE AT AMERICAN LEGION MEET
The Forty Homes and Jught Cheveaux playground hosts a French style voiture with 140 members at City Club last night. Guy Withers elected commander. Tim Jordan vice commander. Austin S Imurle treasurer. Paul J. McGhan secretary. F J Kelly E J Beaulac and Watson G Miller guards of prisoners. C W Swan sergeant-at-arms. Albert E Haan guard-of-horses. Keith's theater provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
City Club
Guy Withers
Tim Jordan
Austin S Imurle
Paul J. McGhan
F. J. Kelly
E. J. Beaulac
Watson G. Miller
C. W. Swan
Albert E. Haan
Keith's Theater
Jungle Life Lecture Highlights Brazilian Wilderness
Mrs. Herriet Chalmer Adams spoke at Masonic auditorium on Rondonia life and Brazilian aborigines. Four camera teams filmed jaguar tracking and slaying, with motion pictures detailing forest life and a Parects Indian beanball game.
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Rondonia
Herriet Chalmer Adams
Masonic Auditorium
Brazil
Harding Economy Drives White House Savings
President Harding cuts executive expenses, directing staff to curb waste. February expenditures totalled 16010, saving about 5000 that month. Running costs historically topped 20000 to 25000 monthly. the Treasury report shows a substantial reduction since his inauguration.
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Harding
White House
Treasury Department
Man Burns In Factory Fire Alarm Sparks Panic Among 200 Women
Martin Hart, 26, of 1 S street northeast, an electrician at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is dying from burns after his oil and grease stained clothing caught fire while cleaning an electric motor. About 260 female workers in the examining division witnessed his agony as he rolled on the floor to extinguish the flames. Male employees quickly smothered the fire with blankets. Hart was rushed to Emergency Hospital where doctors express little hope for recovery.
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Martin
Hart
S Street
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
E. Houston
R. Emmona
Aut o Arrests Rising in Police Campaign
Police report shows 103 auto arrests in 24 hours ending yesterday at 8 2 mi. Forty-four for speeding, 58 for other traffic violations, and one for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Additional arrests include housebreaking one grand larceny one gaming table three selling liquor four HW possession of liquor six and transporting liquor four.
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Sullivan
Death of Dr Robert Blaine at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr Robert Gillespie Blaine aged 42 of 133 C street southeast died yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital following Wednesday operation after a lengthy illness He was educated in Washington public schools and graduated from Georgetown University in 1907 He is survived by five sisters Mrs Thomas Mallan Mrs H J Croson Mrs Charles F Byrne Mrs A L Clarke of this city and Mrs Charles Lipscomb of Plainfield NJ.
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Robert Gillespie Blaine
C Street
Johns Hopkinss Hospital
Blaine
Washington Public Schools
Georgetown University
Thomas ¥. Mallan
H. J. Croson
Charles F. Byrne
A. L. Clarke
Charles ¥. Lipscomb
Plainfield
N. J
Funeral of Mrs Eliza J Denver Held at Rock Creek Lodge
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza J Denver widow of the late Arthur Sinclair Denver a former California state senator were held at Rock Creek lodge today at 11 o clock Burial followed in Rock Creek cemetery She was 79 and before marriage Miss Eliza Clark of Rising Sun Indiana Surviving her is a daughter Miss Cornelia Denver of this city
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Eliza J., Denver
Arthur Sinclair Denver
California
Rock Creek Lodge
Rock Creek Cemetery
Denver
Eliza Clark
Rising Sun
Ind
Cornelia Denver
Opposed to Police Bill Reported Unfavorably by Commissioners
Commissioners rejected Senate bill 252 proposing equal benefits for police chauffeurs. Acting on Maj. Daniel Sullivan's recommendation they sent an unfavorable report to Senator Ball, noting chauffeurs face fewer hazardous duties than patrolmen.
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Daniel Sullivan
Ball
Clean Up and Paint Up Week Declared in DC
The DC commissioners issued a proclamation designating April 3 to 8 as clean-up and paint-up week. They ordered a traffic count at Fifteenth and H streets northeast after a Northeast Citizens Association complaint about the public convenience station interfering with traffic. The city cites no funds to move the station and urges residents and local groups to repair, clean, and improve premises and surroundings.
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The
Nolites Department
Fifteenth Land H Streets
Maryland Avenue
Citizens Association
Fifteenth
H O
Citizens’ Association
District of Columbia
Washington Society For Philoon
Killer McHenry Hanged After Smiling Fourth-Death Penalty
John McHenry, 24, who killed Wallace Mulcare then Detective Sergt. James Armstrong, paid the gallows penalty at the District jail. He walked to the scaffold with a smile, four minutes to death, after embracing the Roman Catholic faith and receiving last rites from Rev. P. J. O Callaghan. Witnesses numbered about 300, and his body was sent to New London Connecticut.
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John Mchenry
Wallace W. Mulcare
James EB. Armstrong
McHenry
Larry Davies
Washington Asylum
Ashley M. Gould
William L. Peake
P. J. O'Callaghan
Mary Rice
New London
Conn
Washington
Potomac Yards
Fourteenth Street
Wallace Mulcare
Mulcare
Baltimore
James Armstrong
Hugh Robey
Armstrong
Robey
Board Leaders Press Capper Bill For Teacher Pay Rise
James T. Lloyd and BE. Graham of the Board of Education met with Commissioners to urge approval of the Capper bill and a favorable Congressional report. Commissioners reportedly oppose the bill, with two favoring a pay cut for statutory employees before teachers receive another raise. District Auditor Maj. Daniel J. Donovan warned the measure would add about $1,000,000 yearly to district costs. A school board committee plans another meeting with the commissioners on Monday.
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Board of Education
James T. Lloyd
BE. Graham
Congress
Daniel J. Donovan
Donovan
Lenten Day for Lawyers Held at Keith's Theater
Friday’s mid Lenten service at Keith's theater featured Henry F P Blair presiding and Andrew Wilson delivering a tribute to the bar of the District of Columbia. Present were Peyton Gordon U S district attorney F H Stephens corporation counsel and James B Archer Bar Association president.
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Keith’s
Henry FP. Blair
Abbott
Church of the Good Shepherd
Andrew Wilson
Wilson
District of Columbia
Blair
Peyton Gordon
United States
F. H. Stephens
James B. Archer
The
Bar Association
Prompt Action Stops Minor Capitol Rotunda Fire
Fire broke out late yesterday inside the Capitol rotunda near the House wing, causing slight damage. A general alarm drew about six fire trucks, and the blaze was quenched with chemical extinguishers. Authorities believe a lighted cigarette tossed into a waste paper basket started it.
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Capitol
House of Representatives
Fall From Key Bridge Fractures Man's Skull
Charles W. Berry fifty years old, of 010,3337 N street NW, a workman on Key Bridge, was removed to Emergency hospital after a seventy foot fall from the structure. His skull was fractured when his head struck an iron beam. Dr. Bowen said the condition was serious.
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Charles W. Berry
N Street
Key Bridge
Bowen
Highth Street
Bernard Ward
I Street
Henry D. Rodger
Baltimore
Ward
H. D. Thomas
Samuel C. Lucas
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rodger
Thirty-first Street
John Sullivan
George Brodt
Thirty-fourth Street
Sullivan
Columbia Graduates Receive Diplomas at Midyear Commencement
Twelve members of Columbia University's midyear graduating class received diplomas at the school building on 806%4 Hye street northwest. Dr. W. Thomas Shepherd presided and Victor V. Martin gave the principal address. A closing banquet is planned at the Hotel Raleigh tonight. Names listed include Edward J. Goupee Walter E. Baker R. Orville Metcalf VF Warren Girvin Charles Perry Heck ley Sidney Hardy Buragss Anthony Francis Vitale Felix Barre Lillie Kaminsky Ellen Lenore Hemmick Carl Louis Wells Clara L. Kellar.
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Columbia University School
Hye Street
W. Thomas Shepherd
Victor V. Martin
Raleigh
Edward J. Goupee
Walter E. Baker
R. Orville Metcalf
Warren Girvin
Charles Perry Heckley
Sidney Hardy Buragss
Anthony Francis Vitale
Felix Barre
Lillie Kaminsky
Ellen Lenore Hemmick
Carl Louis Wells
Clara L. Kellar
University Women Elect Mrs Glenn Swiggett Delegation Chair
Mrs Glenn Swiggett was elected chairman of the delegation to the national convention in Kansas City in April at a National Club House meeting last night. Mrs Julia Stimson of the Army Nurses Corps was elected a member. others to be announced. Miss Harlean James presided as reports from officers and committee chairs were heard.
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Glenn Swiggett
Kansas City
National Club House
Julia Stimson
Army Nurses Corps
Harlean James
Hearing on merger and tax plan set for March 27
The Senate District committee ordered a Monday hearing on the proposed railway merger bill with a new tax plan. Officials from Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric are to appear, while a Tubercular School site hearing is also set for March 27. The committee, with one vote against, will rewrite the bill and report it favorably to the Senate, despite opposition from Capital Traction over tax thresholds.
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Capital Traction Company
Ball
Senate District Committee
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Senate
Washinngton Railway and Electric Company
Senator Phipps
Unshur Street
Piney Branch
Attendance Forecast After Shrine Fair Night
Cadets from many high schools in the District filled the Almas Temple Shrine fair at Convention Hall for a lively evening of dancing and socializing. Illustrious Potentate Leonard Steuart announced the event a success and predicted record attendance tonight as the big affair concludes with a special closing program and souvenirs.
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Convention Hall
Leonard
P. Sreuart
Almas Temple
Bfe
Theater Fire Shuts Virginia Venue After Smoldering Blaze
A fire broken out in the operator's booth of a Virginia motion picture theater at 702 Ninth Street NW caused a panicked exit of over 100 patrons. Firemen quickly extinguished the flames, damage estimated at $20, and police ordered the manager to halt further ticket sales for the night.
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Virginia Motion Picture Theater
Ninth Street
Harry F. Clarke
Charles H. Evans
Lieut. Holmes
First Precinct
H. P. Malone
Labor chief urges Legion aid for 700000 unemployed veterans
Secretary of Labor Davis called for full cooperation with the American Legion in an employment day drive to place 700,000 World War I veterans in jobs. He said veterans served in emergency with national interest first, and deserve a chance to render further service in honest work. Work keeps the flag aloft and the Legion should help keep it high in peace.
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American Legion
Davis
Geopolitical Views Highlight Siam Guam and Java
Dr Henry E Crampton addressed the National Geographic Society at the Masonic Temple describing Siam Guam and Java as strategic assets Siam could later rival Japan in progress Guam valued as a cable station under American naval administration while its population has rebounded after a vast decline Java is a large volcanic island with numerous craters and millions of inhabitants
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Siam
Guam
Java
Henry E. Crampton
National Geographicsociety
Masonic Femple
Crampton
Japan
United States
American ‘Naval
New York State
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American Legion Veterans
H. C. Adams
South America
B. FL
Keith
J. C. Nicholson
M. S. Hart
Speeder
Robert Blaine
Georgetown
E.J. Denver
Philosophical Inquiry Meeting
Son
Finn! Religious Hiter
District Bar
Capital Trac*tion Company
Phipps Bill
Corporation
Francis
Almas
Steuart
Davia
America
Geographic Society
Felow
Marvella Capes
Faille
Nintb
Philadelphia
Chester
Wilmington
Baltimore & Ohio
R. R
A.m
Dolly Madison Hospitality
Dolly Madison
Dolly
Wallis
Washington's
N.W
Washington Cadillac Company
Rudolph Jose
Connecticut Avenue
Frank
Ehmann’s
Pure
Magruder’s
Wisteria
F Street
N. W
Edgar T. Brandenburg
C Adams
Main
Rugat
Wrank
Loomis, College of Radio Engineering
Louis A
Strand
Armstrong’s
Franklin
Loth St
Casey
MB. Cashy & CO
14Th St. NW
Thones
Kranich & Bach, Amerson and
Becker Bros
Ferguson, Inc
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